Of course it is, just as it always was.
That's why the rich pay taxes
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Of course it is, just as it always was.
That's why the rich pay taxes
.The unions in the Netherlands founded the Polder Model, in which they work with employers, and the government for the good of the whole economy.
Nobody gets everything they want, but nobody gets left with nothing, the end result is peace on the workfloor.
Not only that... we have the power to take our capital to any other international jurisdiction. And then... who is going to create jobs and wealth in the society so the poor can work a future for themselves?
No one would keep any cash above 1m would they, they'd all buy lots of property in their retirement ?
What!? It is the fruits of my labours. Mobility of labour is a two-bladed axe, and is of no concern to me.
Ye gods! The rich get uppity over their own money - not someone else's.
Let's cut this communist crap, shall we!?
We are getting very distracted here.
One of the most anti-tax countries in the world, the US, has a corporate tax rate of 35%. Apple pays one tenth of that, 3.5%. It's wrong and the laws need changing. The US politicians are wise to this and recently when one of their large companies sought to redomicile itself via a tax inversion Replublican senators said they would change the law immediately. I'm glad the EU is finally doing something about this mess with Apple, Starbucks etc.
One of the most anti-tax countries in the world, the US, has a corporate tax rate of 35%. Apple pays one tenth of that, 3.5%. It's wrong and the laws need changing. The US politicians are wise to this and recently when one of their large companies sought to redomicile itself via a tax inversion Replublican senators said they would change the law immediately. I'm glad the EU is finally doing something about this mess with Apple, Starbucks etc.
Someone else?! like who?! who is going to invest their capital in a society that will tax his revenue to oblivion?
Did you see what happened in France when president Hollande recently proposed the 75% income tax for the rich? Many of them gave up on their French passport and took their wealth offshore!
I'm not being communist, I'm being realistic about the world.
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China and Russia both coped.
Of course it is, just as it always was.
That's why the rich pay taxes
I wasn't thinking in terms of taxation ...
It's not as many as you would think, of course the newspapers made a big splash of it.
So are the Americans. The republican leader of the house has just lost his primary.
People have been predicting the end of the EU since it's founding in the Coal and Steel pact of 1951.
It of course just gets bigger.
Yes but OldCodger is living in the past.
If only!
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As he should have! Miss Lindsey should have, also!
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People have been predicting the end of the EU since it's founding in the Coal and Steel pact of 1951.
It of course just gets bigger.
Reminds me of the Monty Python skit on the greedy diner.